Use Your Mark

A building official presented with a listing or with a product bearing the mark of the listing agency still needs to connect the listing with the code requirements. In many cases, the code will have requirements for the product or installation requirements that go beyond what the listing covers.

The below is information that Intertek typically includes on listed building products. This information may vary from one certification to another, and this should only be used as an example or reference.

Labeling for proper identification of listed products shall include the following: 1) Company Name 2) Product Name 3) Certification Mark (with applicable country identifiers) 4) Certification Number 5) Words “Certified To” and applicable test standards 6) Product rating and/or classification as specified in listing report (when applicable)

Each certification agency has a website where you can find current listings and code evaluation reports. There is no standard classification system but each one has means to search by company name, product name and/or listing identification or category. Listings should be read thoroughly because each will have specific conditions under which the product has been certified.

Deviation from what is specified in the listing invalidates the listing and you should contact the listing agency when this happens. Quite often an alternative can be considered but it is important to have the approval of the certification agency to ensure compliance.

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Value Proposition June 2014

Value Proposition –Why Choose Intertek?

Faster • When compared to the traditional code evaluation services (ICC-ES), Intertek has a more integrated approach to providing the customer with the required industry research report (CCRR), allowing for a faster turnaround. Intertek saves time because the CCRR can be issued at the conclusion of testing. The traditional process initiates the code review after testing is completed.

Cost Savings • Intertek’s fees are based on cost and value to the customer. And because the customer only needs to work with Intertek, there are additional cost savings through the elimination of fees and redundancies that were previously incurred when dealing with multiple entities.

NOTE: Intertek is not positioning itself as a low-cost provider. The reduction in cost comes from the efficiencies in the combination of services under one roof, thus allowing for lower costs and an overall better value to the customer and market.

Market Access • Intertek’s Code Evaluation Service has the ability to provide code evaluation for both the US and Canadian markets. Our customers gain access to a much broader North American market than with any of our competitors.

Accepted • As a prominent leader in the building products market, Intertek holds all the necessary accreditations and is readily recognized and accepted by code officials, AHJs, and industry stakeholders.

Expertise • Intertek’s program is guided by engineers with broad knowledge and experience in testing, certification and code evaluation. This knowledge and its dissemination into our code evaluation team have eliminated the learning curve making Intertek’s services immediately relevant and viable to the market.

Customer Focused • As a long-time partner to the building products industry, Intertek flourished by focusing on our customers’ needs and by finding innovative ways to help bring their products to more markets faster than our competition. Our Code Evaluation Service is designed to continually improve the customer experience and to provide the service our customers expect.

Flexibility • One of the primary benefits of combining the Intertek IRRs and the ATI CCRRs is that we can now offer the customers more flexibility in the solution we can provide to them. We now have more room for customizing our CCRR solution to fit exactly what the customer needs